CVE-2021-27924
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.x through 6.6.1. The Couchbase Server UI is...
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.x through 6.6.1. The Couchbase Server UI is insecurely logging session cookies in the logs. This allows for the impersonation of a user if the log files are obtained by an attacker before a session cookie expires.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.x through 6.6.1. The Couchbase Server UI is insecurely logging session cookies in the logs. This allows for the impersonation of a user if the log files are obtained by an attacker before a session cookie expires.
- Record
CVE-2021-27924- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.x through 6.6.1. The Couchbase Server UI is insecurely logging session cookies in the logs. This allows for the impersonation of a user if the log files are obtained by an attacker before a session cookie expires.
- Record
CVE-2021-27924- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-14644 No score
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.x through 6.6.1. The Couchbase Server UI is insecurely logging session cookies in the logs. This allows for the impersonation of a user if the log files are obtained by an attacker before a session cookie expires.
- Record
EUVD-2021-14644- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gxpm-63fr-38v5 No score
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.x through 6.6.1. The Couchbase Server UI is...
An issue was discovered in Couchbase Server 6.x through 6.6.1. The Couchbase Server UI is insecurely logging session cookies in the logs. This allows for the impersonation of a user if the log files are obtained by an attacker before a session cookie expires.
- Record
GHSA-gxpm-63fr-38v5- Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-27924 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Couchbase Server, published May 19, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.